WESTVILLE, Ind. — The Michigan Tech women’s basketball team capped another solid week with a convincing 86-40 GLIAC victory at Purdue Northwest Saturday afternoon. The Huskies held the Pride to single=digit point totals in three of the four quarters on their way to their fifth straight win and fourth triumph in the conference.

“This was another great team victory for us today on the road,” Michigan Tech coach Kim Cameron said. “After the first five minutes, we were able to get things rolling both offensively and defensively with everybody contributing. Following the hard-fought win in overtime at Grand Valley State on Thursday, our players did a great job refocusing and being ready to play today. We showed great intensity all the way through to the end even after we were able to build a sizeable lead in the second half.

“To hold a team to single-digit point totals in three quarters is a very difficult thing to do. Our defense in the second half was even better than the first, and everyone made big plays for us. We’ll go to work again this week and prepare our game against rival Northern Michigan next Sunday.”

The Pride (1-7, 1-3 GLIAC) then countered with an 8-0 scoring burst on their way to a 12-6 advantage. Taylor Vauters sank a jump shot with 4:35 on the clock to cap the run. Still trailing 14-8 with 3:02 to go in the opening quarter, Tech (10-1, 4-0 GLIAC) turned the tide of Saturday’s game. Elizabeth Kelliher knocked down a jumper to make it a 14-10 score before grabbing a 16-14 edge on a triple from senior Kelli Guy with 28 seconds to go.

Tech’s offense outscored Purdue Northwest 36-8 during the final three minutes of the first quarter through the end of the second. Seven different players delivered points during that stretch for the Huskies, led by Lindsay Winter with 12 points. Senior Elisa Jurmu had a pair of 3-point buckets on her way to a career-high 13 points in Saturday’s win.